2006

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After weeks of rumors, the St. Louis Board of Education has placed a resolution on the agenda of next week's regular meeting to close Cleveland JROTC Academy.At an administrative meeting tonight, Superintendent Creg Williams told…

The chief financial officer of the St. Louis Public Schools had some more bad news for the school board at last night's meeting. The roughly $2 million shortfall for the 2006-2007 budget is actually more…

The following is a letter from an exiting administrator in St. Louis Public Schools:Since I am now leaving the BOE (my position for improving student performance on ACT and AP examinations has been eliminated), I…

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be holding their Legislative Action Seminar on Thursday at the Chase Park Plaza. There will be several panel discussions on economic development, politics and technology featuring state…

School board member Peter Downs made a motion at tonight’s administrative meeting to have the superintendent look at cancelling the district’s contract with controversial maintenance contractor Sodexho. By a vote of 4-2, the board voted…

After rallies with President Bush Friday in Springfield and Joplin, which the campaign estimates were attended by 11,000 people collectively, Sen. Jim Talent continued his trek across Missouri with stops in Perryville, Kennett and West…

Officials at the St. Louis City Board of Elections tell PUB DEF that based upon morning traffic at the polls, they expect a higher than expected turnout of about 58 to 60 percent — roughly…